Asian Games 1951-2018 Medals Tables

Table showing the top four positions in all the Asian Games football tournaments from 1951 to 2018.
Men’s Association football was an Asian Games sport since the 1951 edition. Since the 2002 Asian Games the age limit for men’s teams is under-23, the same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics.

AFC ASIAN GAMES FOOTBALL TOURNAMENTS 1951-2018

HOST CITY

YEAR

#

FINAL

3rd PLACE PLAY-OFF

GOLD MEDAL

Score

SILVER MEDAL

BRONZE MEDAL

Score

FOURTH

NEW DELHI

1951

1

INDIA

1-0

IRAN

JAPAN

2-0

AFGHANISTAN

MANILA

1954

2

TAIWAN

5-2

S KOREA

MYANMAR

5-4

INDONESIA

TOKYO

1958

3

TAIWAN

3-2

S KOREA

INDONESIA

4-1

INDIA

JAKARTA

1962

4

INDIA

2-1

S KOREA

MALAYA

4-1

S VIETNAM

BANGKOK

1966

5

MYANMAR

1-0

IRAN

JAPAN

2-0

SINGAPORE

BANGKOK

1970

6

MYANMAR

0-0 AET

TITLE SHARED

INDIA

1-0

JAPAN

S KOREA

TEHRAN

1974

7

IRAN

1-0

ISRAEL

MALAYSIA

2-1

N KOREA

BANGKOK

1978

8

N KOREA

0-0 AET

TITLE SHARED

CHINA PR

1-0

IRAQ

S KOREA

NEW DELHI

1982

9

IRAQ

1-0

KUWAIT

SAUDI ARABIA

(1)

N KOREA

SEOUL

1986

10

S KOREA

2-0

SAUDI ARABIA

KUWAIT

5-0

INDONESIA

BEIJING

1990

11

IRAN

0-0 AET (4-1p)

N KOREA

S KOREA

1-0

THAILAND

HIROSHIMA

1994

12

UZBEKISTAN

4-2

CHINA PR

KUWAIT

2-1

S KOREA

BANGKOK

1998

13

IRAN

2-0

KUWAIT

CHINA PR

3-0

THAILAND

BUSAN

2002

14

IRAN

2-1

JAPAN

S KOREA

3-0

THAILAND

DOHA

2006

15

QATAR

1-0

IRAQ

IRAN

1-0 AET

S KOREA

GUANGZHOU

2010

16

JAPAN

1-0

IRAN

S KOREA

4-3

UAE

Incheon

2014

17

S KOREA

1-0 AET

N KOREA

IRAQ

1–0

THAILAND

JAKARTA & PALAMBANG

2018

18

S KOREA

2-1 AET

JAPAN

UAE

1–1 (4-3p)

VIETNAM

(1) The North Korean team were given a two-year suspension for assaulting the referee in their Semi-Final. Saudi Arabia were awarded third place by default.